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August 1914 Europe is at war

At the start of World War I

the U.S. was neutralneutral (U.S. could trade with both warring

sides)

Three systems contributed to World War I

1. Imperialism: competition between European countries for colonies what would colonies provide?

2. Nationalism: pride and loyalty for their own country this caused tension-Groups within some European countries wanted independence to join another country

3. Militarism: European countries believed they needed large

military forces to protect their land and people

What does the word alliance mean? (Use the Glossary in the back of your book)

Agreements between countries to come to each other’s aid in case of war

Using pages 282 and 283 to identify if there was more than one alliance.

Alliances were formed Germany and Austria-Hungary 1879 France and Russia 1893 Great Britain and Russia 1907

Divided into two groups:Allied PowersCentral Powers

These countries were alliesGreat Britain

FranceUnited States

Russia

Germany resumed its submarine attacksSeveral American ships sank

British decode a secret radio message from Germany to MexicoZimmerman Telegraph (Germany urges Mexico to attack the United States in return for regaining the southwestern United States)

United States finallybecomes involved

in the war 1917

19171917

President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany

What countries were allies in World War I?A. United States, France, Austria-Hungary,

and Great BritainB. Great Britain, United States, France, and

RussiaC. Germany, Russia, and Austria-HungaryD. Germany, Japan and Russia

What was the “final blow” that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers in World War I?

A. anti-German propaganda in the United StatesB. Attacks on American merchant shipsC. Sinking of the LusitaniaD. Zimmermann telegram

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife

Sinking of the Lusitania Zimmerman telegram

Causes Allied Powers

British bombard America with anti-German propaganda (information spread to promote a cause)

1917 American population just over 100,000,000

32 million American’s were foreign born or children of foreign parents, of which 10,000,000 had ties with Central Powers.

Wilson felt that loyal citizens were essential for a successful war effort.

The Committee on Public Information sponsored parades, rallies, films, hired speakers, distributed over 100,000,000 pamphlets in various languages.

The purpose was to create a sense of unity, patriotism

The poster was one of the more popular mediums that the government used for propaganda purposes.

Posters were used to: recruit members for

the armed forces The United War Work

Campaign The Red Cross Encourage citizens at

home to purchase Liberty and Victory Loans/Bonds

http://www.ww1photos.com/OhWhatALovelyWar.html

The information used by the Allied nations to promote their cause and entice the United States to enter World War I was called

A. LibelB. SlanderC. PropagandaD. Yellow journalism

U.S. and their allies pushed the German’s back.

October 1918 Germany surrenders

November 11th, 1918 an armistice armistice (agreement to stop fighting) was signed